Author, year | South or Central America | LATAM country | Scenario | # of patients | Age, Mean (SD), y | Female, % | BMI, Mean (SD) | Exclusion criteria | Individual and/or population outcomes | Type of burden outcomes | Specify outcomes |
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Case series studies | |||||||||||
Cervantes [35] | Central America | Mexico | Rehabilitation service of the National Institute of Pediatrics | 7 | 9 | 42.85 | NR | Patients with previous lumbar spine instrumentation, patients with abdominal skin lesions, patients undergoing surgical procedures and abdominal exercises one month before the proposed date for starting physiotherapy | Individual | Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Patients received electrotherapy and spinal flexion exercises with an average of 18 therapy sessions for the correction of lumbar hyperlordosis |
Dantas and Medeiros [26] | South America | Brazil | Medical Genetics Service at Alcides Carneiro University Hospital, Federal University of Campinas Grande | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Individual | Quality of life | QoL |
Others | Endocrinological data | ||||||||||
Nervous system disorders | Neurological problems | ||||||||||
Cross-sectional studies | |||||||||||
Barbosa-Buck et al.£ [6] | South America | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela | Hospitals from nine South American countries | 68 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Individual | Premature mortality | Perinatal mortality |
Perinatal complications | Premature birth | ||||||||||
Cervan et al.£ [24] | South America | Brazil | Small People Association of Brazil (AGPB) | 21 | 32.70 (11.18) | 61.90 | 33 (6.96) | NR | Individual | Quality of life | Physical; psychological; social; environmental |
Gomez et al. [58] | South America | Colombia | Leather Design and Manufacturing Center | 8 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Population | Environmental burden | Adaptation of shoes, health economic impact |
Lima [38] | South America | Brazil | Previously agreed location in the city of Sao Paulo | 7 | NR | 14.28 | NR | NR | Population | Psychological impact | Humiliation; stigma, recognition |
Socioeconomic burden | Labor market | ||||||||||
Rocha and Wagner [69] | South America | Brazil | NR | 8 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Individual / Population | Orthopedic complications | Joint mobility |
Psychosocial complications | Perception of their psychosocial life | ||||||||||
Environmental burden | Challenges in physical activity | ||||||||||
Case report studies | |||||||||||
Abrão et al. [39] | South America | Brazil | NR | 1 | 29 | Female | 95.18 | NR | Individual | Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders; and spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain, and others | Use of a bronchofibroscope |
Arlet et al. [41] | Central America | Mexico | Orthopedic Clinic, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | 1 | 8 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Others | Horizontal overlap and crossbite |
Benavides et al., 2018 [42] | South America | Colombia | NR | 1 | 23 | Female | 36.76 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Obesity, difficulty airway, difficulty ventilation and intubation, postoperative pulmonary complications, and cardiovascular complications such as risk of pulmonary hypertension crisis, acute heart failure, perioperative myocardial infarction during general anesthesia |
Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Neck instability and risk of spinal cord compression with neck, hyperextension, and difficult spinal and epidural puncture during regional anesthesia | ||||||||||
Calderón et al. [43] | Central America | Cuba | University polyclinic “Ana Betancourt” | 1 | 25 | Female | NR | NR | NA$ | NA$ | NA$ |
Carbia et al.¢ [44] | South America | Argentina | Clinical Medical and Dermatology Divisions, Hospital "José María Ramos Mejía". Buenos Aires | 1 | 83 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Others | Cicatricial metastasis as the presenting sign of squamous cell esophagus carcinoma |
Carmen et al. [46] | South America | Chile | Obstetrics Service of the Ambato Regional Teaching Hospital | 1 | 29 | Female | 27.54 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Perinatal complications | Moderate anemia and cholecystitis |
Carolina et al. [47] | South America | Chile | NR | 1 | 1.10 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain Nervous system disorders | Aqueductal stenosis with symptomatic spinal cord compression |
Hydrocephalus | |||||||||||
Castro [48] | South America | Brazil | Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP) | 1 | 28 | Female | 28.47 | NR | Individual / Population | Pain | Complaints of lower back and leg pain after a period of walking and low back pain caused by hyperlordosis |
Orthopedic complications | Varus foot | ||||||||||
Environmental burden | Difficulty getting on the bus because of the distance from the sidewalk to the step and the height of the steps | ||||||||||
Eusebio and Vidal [55] | Central America | Dominican Republic | NR | 1 | 4 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain Orthopedic complications | Lumbar hyperlordosis |
Bilateral femoral elongation surgery | |||||||||||
Frade et al. [57] | South America | Brazil | University Hospital of Brasilia | 1 | 0.1* | Female | 18.5 | NR | Individual | Perinatal complications | Needed positive pressure ventilation during birth, and during hospitalization, jaundice occurred |
Galego et al. [27] | South America | Brazil | NR | 1 | 32 | Female | 41.6 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Perinatal complications | Emergency cesarean section due to umbilical cord prolapse |
Hernández-Motiño et al. [59] | Central America | Mexico | Children's Hospital of Mexico Federico Gómez | 1 | 5 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Cardio-respiratory-metabolic | Pulmonary arterial hypertension, apnea, and respiratory arrest, necessitating mechanical ventilation, making extubation impossible due to weakness of chest muscles |
Orthopedic complications | Limb functional limitation | ||||||||||
Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Compression of the cervicospinal canal | ||||||||||
Nervous system disorders | Delayed psychomotor development | ||||||||||
Others | Vesicostomy for neurogenic bladder | ||||||||||
Jesus et al. [28] | South America | Brazil | Charitable Health Association of Northeast Paraná Norospar, Umuarama, PR | 1 | 16 | Female | 37.5 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Hypotension and dyspnea |
Pain | Pain at birth | ||||||||||
Medina et al. [62] | South America | Paraguay | Pediatric Service Hospital Central, Institute of Social Security. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | 1 | 2.6 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Hospitalized for serious respiratory symptoms, admitted to pediatric ICU with assisted ventilation |
Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Medullary compression with decompressive surgery | ||||||||||
Morais et al. [63] | South America | Brazil | Anesthesiology Department, Hospital Lifecenter, Belo Horizonte | 1 | 47 | Male | NR | NR | Individual | Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Thoracic kyphosis and severe lumbar lordosis, in addition to surgical scar on the lumbar region |
Others | Hemorrhoidectomy | ||||||||||
Muratore and Viollaz [64] | South America | Argentina | Británico Hospital, Buenos Aires | 1 | 21 | Female | 37.19 | NR | Individual | Orthopedic complications | Bilateral femoral elongation surgery |
Nascimento et al. [30] | South America | Brazil | Federal Hospital of Lagoa | 1 | 51 | Female | 48.6 | NR | Individual | Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Obesity and videolaparoscopic gastroplasty |
Oliveira et al. [31] | South America | Brazil | Vera Cruz Hospital, Campinas / SP | 1 | 33 | Female | 37.72 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Pain others | Peritoneal plane pain at birth |
Others | Hypothyroidism and difficulty in epidural anesthesia for cesarean | ||||||||||
Palmira et al. [65] | Central America | Cuba | Gyneco-obstetric University Hospital "Ana Betancourt de Mora" Camagüey | 1 | 20 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Obesity, bronchial asthma, and respiratory difficulty during pregnancy |
Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Lumbar hyperlordosis | ||||||||||
Others | Twin pregnancy of 34 weeks preventing the patient to walk, to stand up, and no tolerance of supine decubitus; 10 days of hospitalization after complications at birth with cesarean section | ||||||||||
Pimentel and Figueiredo [67] | South America | Brazil | Professor Edgard Santos University Hospital Complex, Salvador | 1 | 73 | Male | 46.82 | NR | Individual | Others | Surgical treatment of colon adenocarcinoma, after surgery the patient was diagnosed with septic shock with an abdominal focus which required a new surgical approach, deep venous thrombosis, 30th day of hospitalization |
Posada et al. [68] | South America | Colombia | NR | 1 | 0.8* | Male | NR | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient Cardio-respiratory-metabolic disorders | Apnea |
Spinal issues including stenosis, compression and associated pain | Cervicomedullary compression, no cephalic control, chronic cervical myelopathy; spinal decompression | ||||||||||
Nervous system disorders | Seizures, irritability | ||||||||||
Orthopedic complications | Abolished tendon reflexes | ||||||||||
Rudas et al. [71] | South America | Colombia | NR | 1 | 29 | Female | 33.9 | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient NA$ | NA$ |
Tosato and Alves [32] | South America | Brazil | Hospital da Sagrada Família, Salvador, Bahia | 1 | 22 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Pregnant patient NA$ | NA$ |
Uemura et al. [74] | South America | Brazil | Ambulatory of the Specialization Course in Pediatric Dentistry of the Union of Dentists of the State of São Paulo (SOESP) | 1 | 4 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Psychosocial complications | Does not accept his physical condition or maintain contact with other children |
Others | Anterior open bite | ||||||||||
Werb et al. [33] | South America | Brazil | Getúlio Vargas State Hospital, Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 79 | Female | NR | NR | Individual | Others | Blood coagulation disorder with indication of suprapatellar amputation of lower limb |